, 1887-06-02

= O'CLOCK III the WbTH'Hg' A'".
was quarelsOme, Was very Tree WIN
his threats and gnnS. Sinilh tn
the house that morning ana mas not
been here since. Did not ~ near
the deceased after he fell the last
time; hink time to have been near
Z O'clock Il. III; Mrs Teller was
boarding with Duyan; saw blood an
gun barrel; he WIS not quite on his
feet when she hit him with ciuh;
deceased staggered back from gate
each time after she shut; did not
want to interfere in the quarrel 40
did not try to stop IL after the first
shot; does not know what kind ~ n
club was used; says the revolver was
his and was n 38 calibra, model, bui!
dog; did not know Mrs. Teller had
the revolver; says he was In beu
with Smith when he do
the shooting at Teller hut did
not try To prevent his firing; Teller
and wife and witness were In the
house all night before the shOoting
Of Teller by his wife; did not know
Smith carried revolver; Smith
went off without his clothes; saw
Teller take smiths clothes.
(Signed), john DuGAN,.
VIM. Howden swOrt--S,id he
was coming from the cow yard
about 8 O'clock n. m May 3l-t,
heard one shot; he then stopped
about ten minutes and heard no
more; he then went to- the house;
lives about half n mile north nf Tel
Ter; knew nothing of trouble at
Teller's Till about I'D O'Clock ~. m. Oi
said day; says he knew OF some
shoOting about II week before, and
he thought IL unusual that there
should be shooting at so early an
hour; hearing but one repor, thought
nothing more of II.
N,al Smith sworn-May 3lat,
about o'clock, was coming from
cnw yard; saw John Dugan riding
towards witness house; when he
came up he said Teller w.,- shot this
morning Ivy Mary, his wife; Dngan
told him Teller tried to prevent her
from bringing horses ~; said Trlle r
had shot gun in his hands;
said Mhrv had to shoot
in self-d-fense; said she shot
twice or three times, then knocked
him down witha stave; witness sad
Dugan seemed excited and looked
pale; Dug,n asked witness to com
to the house; witness said deceased
was lying IN his face inclined toward
the right shoulder, with the left side
OF the face exposed to- view; shotgun
was lying on the ground 40 'ut two
feet north of deceased covered with
blood, n hoard on.. inch thick by four
inches wide and about three feet long
look. d II slat from u b'd was like
couple of feet from the gun; the club
had blood on the end and edge; the
club was lying nearer the house than
the gun; the gun WAS cOcked with
fresh ca ps on the tubes; deceased
laid about ten or twelve feet fr0hi
the front door with head toward u I.
gate.
DR.. WaterhOuse sworn: Said de-
ceased G, me to his death, in his
opinion, by blow or blows from II
club, or some cudg,l of some sort,
producing cOmminitiOn Of the skull;
no mark Of pistol ball or gun-hOl
wound found anywhere on remains; |;
have examined the corpse thorough
ly.
Il. j. Perkins sworn: Says John
Dugun came to his store May 3lst ~
about 7:I5 n. IN. and said Mary Teller
had shot her husband twice; said
Dugan seemed excited.
NEkllCT.
TERRITORY OF WASHINGTON,
County oi Skokane. 10
Inquisition taken at Frank Tellrr's
| house, one and one-half miles north
west of Deep Creek Falls, before C..
y. Penfeld, coroner Of said county,
upon view of the body Of Fraik
Teller then and sthere lying dead.
Upon the oath Of |. w. Rich"y,
Rudolph Sroliz, f. Bird, f. -. Per
kins, j. n B,umHn and j. +.
Brewer, good and lawful men of said
county who being duly summoned
and sworn To inquire into all the cir
cumst nrrs attending the death al
the said Frank Teller and by whom
the same was produced and in what
manner aud when aud whore the
said Frank Teller came to his delth
do say upon their OathS, aforesaid,
I that the deceased came To- his death
at the hands OF Mary Teller 10y
the use of club or some
cudgri and the jury firmly believe
! that Mrs. Teller WAS aided by other
parties and do not believe she could
! have accomplished the killing alone.
! Said killing occurred at Teller'S
| house between the hours OF and 7
o'clock II. m, on the 3lSt day of May
| 1887, and sn the said jurors say that
! the said illing Of tn" deceased Teller
was murder in the first degree.
! In witness whereof the said cor
oner as well as the jurors aforesa ld
have TO this inquisitiou set their
hands and seals on the day of the
| date hereof.
G. $. Penfleld, coroner.
{ +. b. Perkins, foreman.
! John n. B ,uman,
j. T. Brewer,
INV. R'chey.
l.. Bird.
Rudolph Stoltz.
The dth at Tacoma.
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